The parent-owned Curious Chef company makes child-sized, kid-friendly, fun-colored cooking utensils and baking accessories perfect for little hands. These kitchen tools (and not toys, as Curious Chef is quick to point out) are a good way to get children interested in cooking and baking. Safety features include easy-grip handles, blunt tips, and limited removable parts.

The Curious Chef company is owned and founded by parents who wanted to put their children on a path to enjoying being in the kitchen from an early age. Having found that existing kitchen utensils were too large or dangerous for their kids, Wisonsin-based Curious Chef set out to make its own line of spatulas, mixing bowls, aprons, rolling pins, kitchen shears, and more that were not only practical for children, but fun and engaging as well. These tools—not toys—are helping kids discover a love for cooking and baking all over the nation.